Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- campy
- provocative
- adult movie night
- indie film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually provocative and intermittently watchable but undermined by an amateurish, clichéd script and weak point of view.
What sets it apart
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The film combines soap-opera passions, adult sexuality, comic reversals, and exaggerated performances across its female ensemble.
Maxine, Doris, Holly, and Elektra each withhold consequential truths involving infidelity, parentage, love, or pregnancy.
The women’s separate deceptions and discoveries converge through the elevator crisis, car crash, flight, and connected personal relationships.
Critics specifically identified the film’s emphasis on the female form and its adult-film milieu as defining visual features.
Films like Women in Trouble, and why
Volver
shared high-camp melodrama, sexually frank humor, and interwoven women's stories
The Women
shared female ensemble structure, heightened emotional register, and comic treatment of infidelity and secrecy
Short Cuts
shared provocative ensemble storytelling, neo-noir energy, and stylized adult subject matter
Movie Details
- Director
- Sebastian Gutierrez
- Release Date
- 2009-11-13
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (133)
Cast
- Carla Gugino
- Adrianne Palicki
- Connie Britton
- Marley Shelton
- Garcelle Beauvais
- Elizabeth Berkley
- Josh Brolin
- Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Sarah Clarke
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Women in Trouble about?
- A high-camp Los Angeles ensemble comedy-drama follows women whose tangled secrets, desires, and betrayals push them toward uncomfortable honesty.
- What is Women in Trouble like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Women in Trouble as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Women in Trouble violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Women in Trouble as mild.
- What did critics think of Women in Trouble?
- Critics broadly found the film visually provocative and intermittently watchable but undermined by an amateurish, clichéd script and weak point of view.
- Which films are like Women in Trouble?
- Films with a similar feel include Volver, The Women, and Short Cuts.
- How long is Women in Trouble?
- Women in Trouble runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch Women in Trouble?
- In United States, Women in Trouble is available to rent or buy from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
